Film Review: The Founder, The Morally Ambiguous Beginning of a Supersized Chicago Icon
In the spirit of the original McDonald’s brothers restaurant, I’m going to make this quick. The Founder is the story…
Film reviews: XXX: Return of Xander Cage, Split
XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE You can’t keep a good Vin Diesel franchise down, any more than you can keep…
Film Review: Ocean Waves, A Rediscovered Studio Ghibli Gem
Following last year’s first official U.S. release of 1991’s Only Yesterday, the famed Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli is rounding…
Film Review: Claire in Motion, Devastating Drama
The setup is fairly straightforward even if the purpose is elusive. The latest film from directing team Lisa Robinson and…
Film Review: Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened…, Dreams Shattered Then Realized
When I interviewed La La Land writer-director Damien Chazelle a couple months ago for Ain’t it Cool News, we discussed…
Film Review: 20th Century Women, Mostly Awful
A few years ago, writer-director Mike Mills (Thumbsucker) made a touching and uproarious film that was both a tribute to…
Film Review: Monster Trucks, Hopelessly Misguided
Whatever you think this movie is about probably isn’t exactly right. If, based on the trailer, you think it’s about…
Film Reviews: Live by Night, Patriots Day, Bye Bye Man
LIVE BY NIGHT I’ll admit, I was confused even by the title of this film, since most of the action…
Film Review: Train to Busan, Fueled by Pure Adrenaline
One of the last films I watched in 2016 (and it managed to crack my Top 20 of the year…
Film Review – Mifune: The Last Samurai, An Exciting Portrait of One of the World’s Best Actors
One of my favorite documentaries of 2016 was also about one of my personal heroes from way back. The film…
Film Review: Notes on Blindness, An Eerie Journey From Light to Darkness and Back Again
Much like the memoir that inspired it, Notes on Blindness (from co-directors James Spinney and Peter Middleton) attempts the seemingly…
Film Review: A Monster Calls, An Evocative and Mature Modern Fairy Tale
There are children’s films, and then there are films with children in them that seem more geared toward adults. Spanish-born…
